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the_o patriarch_n david_n act._n 2._o 29._o and_o patriarch_n as_o well_o as_o king_n be_v call_v christi_fw-la domini_fw-la and_o that_o the_o patriarch_n mention_v in_o gen._n 5._o be_v not_o only_a man_n endue_v with_o the_o ordinary_a power_n of_o parent_n but_o prince_n in_o their_o generation_n be_v manifest_a otherwise_o it_o have_v be_v a_o vain_a thing_n for_o the_o scripture_n to_o have_v mention_v a_o genealogy_n of_o the_o patriarch_n from_o seth_n to_o noah_n if_o every_o father_n have_v have_v the_o same_o power_n with_o they_o beside_o cain_n who_o be_v elder_a than_o seth_n have_v a_o wife_n and_o child_n yet_o be_v none_o of_o 17._o gen._n 4._o 17._o the_o patriarch_n and_o the_o reason_n be_v because_o god_n for_o the_o murder_n of_o his_o 12._o gen._n 5._o 12._o brother_n abel_n make_v he_o a_o vagabond_n and_o fugitive_n upon_o the_o earth_n and_o as_o this_o patriarchal_a or_o regal_a power_n be_v with_o the_o patriarch_n before_o the_o flood_n so_o be_v it_o 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